# Austin Verner

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{{short description|English swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2026}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Austin Verner
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| caption          = 
| nationality      = British (English)
| birth_date       = 7 March 1943
| birth_place      = Manchester, England
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| sport            = [Swimming](/source/Swimming_(sport))
| event            = Freestyle
| height           = 
| weight           = 
| club             = Urmston SC
}}

'''Austin David Verner''' (born 7 March 1943), is a male former swimmer who competed for England.

== Biography ==
Verner represented the [England team](/source/England_at_the_1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029122815/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3035/19/all |title=England Perth 1962 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=18 January 2026}}</ref> at the [1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games](/source/1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games) in [Perth, Western Australia](/source/Perth%2C_Western_Australia).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19620917/417/0025 |title=The England Team |work=Birmingham Daily Post |p=25 |date=17 September 1962 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2026}}</ref> He competed in the [440 yards freestyle event](/source/Swimming_at_the_1962_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/53326|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/perth-1962/athletes|title=1962 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref>

He swam for the Urmston Swimming Club.

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Category:1943 births
Category:English male freestyle swimmers
Category:British male freestyle swimmers
Category:Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Living people
Category:Commonwealth Games swimmers for England
Category:Sportspeople from Urmston
Category:Sportspeople from Greater Manchester

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